This is one of the most comprehensive book on therapeutic nutrition and it gives an elaborate coverage of all diet-critical diseases, their etiology, symptoms and dietetic principles involved in their effective treatment. It is also a very handy book for references regarding life-cycle nutrition and simple modification diets for children and adoloscents.In short it is a gospel for both students and those in the healthcare stream.

This is the way that the world saw Abraham Lincoln. The photos, the statues, the hundreds of items produced after his death. Besides a book for collectors, this is a socialogical study of the diefication of a man. Recently, hundreds of thousands of people turned out for Princess Diana's funeral. When Lincoln died, a greater percentage of the population turned out for the many funeral processions. Lincoln's body was takend from city to city to satisfy the public's need to mourn. The variety and volume of items commemorating Lincoln is incredible.

For the first time, I came to know Lincoln not as an iconified hero, but as a funny, direct, engaging and committed human being as I read this book. The author has thorough notes of very detailed research and tells a story that others omitted or overlooked. It made me want to read much more about Lincoln, especially more of the piercing wit and emotional perseverance shared in this book.

This book explains how a political systems works. Democratic and non-democratic political systems are analysed deeply in their structures, processes, forms and institutions, and afterwards are compared in order to check the main diferences between them. A fantastic book!

Although it doesn't contain the latest developments in the field of pediatric cardiology, it isn't outdated. It doesn't try to propose the definitive treatment modality to the various heart abnormalities encountered in children, but explicitly explains various aspects of the disorder.

Dr. Rudolph begins by explaining the physiology of the fetus, the neonate and the child, to help the reader understand the importance of changes produced by cardiac anomalies. It then explains cardiac catheterization as a diagnostic tool. Once the basics are established, he explains various anomalies from an anatomic standpoint, a hemodynamic standpoint, clinical features, indications for catheterization, the differential diagnosis, and principles of management. While the management issues have changed dramatically since its publication, this is only a small portion of a book that provides a solid foundation to understanding the pediatric heart.

As one of the "fathers" of pediatric cardiology, Dr. Rudolph has given us an invaluable tool to understanding the fundamentals of pediatric cardiology.

To make clear what this book is: it is a collection of essays that were typed from speeches given at a convention on science and religion. It's uniquness lies in its objectivity and honesty concerning the issue of the relationship between these two spheres of influence. It includes a wide range of contributors, including scientists, biologists, philosophers and even a brain surgeon. This is NOT simply a bunch of creationists attempting to plead their case. I am a Christian, but I find much of the literature that comes out of the Institute for Creation Research to be full of ad-hoc reasoning and generally simple minded (not to mention bad science). This book is nothing like the poor representations of science to come out of the ICR. In fact, I know that at least one of the contributors, Timothy Ferris of the university of California Berkeley, is an agnostic & not even a believer. The book also includes an essay by John Leslie, who is the definitive authority on the Anthropic Principle. The greatest attribute of this book is that it is not so much about trying to make you believe or disbelieve in God, but rather that it makes one genuinely ponder the question. I have met many atheists and theists alike who have never truly done this. For the believers, it is also inspiring to find that (contrary to popular belief) there are plenty of reputable scientists out there who believe in God & have justifiable reasons for doing so. In fact, if anything, the trend seems to be that there is actually a growning number of them. A truly wonderful book.

As a non-seminarian Calvinist, I originally approached this book with mixed emotions. On one hand, I knew absolutely nothing about Kuyper, other than he was considered a great theologian by other Christian writers whom I respected. On the other hand, personal experience has often proved that theological works are difficult and dry reading.

I was absolutely pleased with Heslam's book and now realize how fortunate I am to have found it as my initial introduction to this great Dutchman. First, it provided me with sufficient background on the man Kuyper before launching into an analysis of Kuyper's 1898 Stone lectures. Second, the author uses the Stone lectures to provide a general overview on the content and development of Kuyper's Calivinist theology. He does an excellent job of capturing the whole Kuyper--from his brillance to his bombast.

Despite the fact I have occassionally and informally been reading works on Calvinism for the last ten years, this book shed significant light for me on many issues that I had never before fully understood.

While the author stresses that Kuyper must be viewed within the times he lived in, I certainly saw the relevance of his teachings on Christian worldview for today. I highly recommend this book!

Abraham Lewin, the author, is a Jewish eyewitness of events the Warsaw Ghetto. His narratives are in striking contrast to most popular-level Holocaust materials, which portray Poles in a unilaterally negative light while also completely ignoring the negative aspects of Jewish behavior. Lewin, for instance, focuses on the marked depravity of the Jewish collaborators, especially the Jewish ghetto police, and strongly condemns them for helping send then-200,000 Jews to their deaths. Lewin demonstrates, with examples, that large-scale Polish behavior of helping Jews far exceeded the few Poles who harmed Jews. And, despite observing the sufferings and deaths of his fellow Jews firsthand, Lewin refrains from a purely Judeo-centric approach to the Holocaust. In several places in his narratives, he speaks of German crimes against Polish gentiles. In particular, he discusses the widespread German terror (murders of Polish gentiles, and the destruction of Polish villages) in the Zamosc region. He even acknowledges that, after the Jews, Poles were in second place as victims of the Nazi Germans. He concludes: "Jewish and Polish blood is spilled, it mingles together and, crying to the heavens, it demands revenge!"
I only wish that modern approaches to Holocaust education displayed the same attitude, and balance, that Lewin did.

The book "The Death of Lincoln" is one of the best books I ever read. I liked it because it has lots of pictures, neat stories, and interesting facts! "The Death of Lincoln" describes when he was elected, his time as president, and his death. It also mentions what happened after the killer and his cronies were brought to justice. And it also states how Lincoln knew he was going to be assassinated!

This is an excellent and well-researched survey of US-Israeli relations between 1953 and 1962. Ben-Zvi recounts how at first the US Government sought to contain the supposed Soviet threat to the Middle East by uniting the nations of the region, and saw Israel as a hindrance to this.

But the anti-colonial revolutions of 1957-58 destroyed this policy. The US Government moved to support 'moderate' Arab regimes against Arab nationalism. In April 1957, President Eisenhower sent the US 6th Fleet to help King Hussein of Jordan, and $30 million aid, after Hussein had dismissed the elected Government and declared martial law. Eisenhower then got Turkey, Iraq and Jordan to mobilise their armed forces against Syria, after nationalist forces gained power there.

In July 1958, the Iraqi people overthrew their pro-British Government. The US Government sent 14,000 troops to Lebanon to threaten Iraq, also to prevent revolution in Lebanon. The British Government sent 2,200 paratroops to Jordan to help Hussein: Israel allowed them to fly their troops in through Israeli airspace. This convinced the US Government that it should support Israel.

In August 1962, President Kennedy decided to sell Hawk anti-aircraft missiles to Israel, hoping it would then let the US inspect Israel's nuclear weapons facilities at Dimona and would allow 100,000-150,000 Palestinians to return home. Israel rejected both proposals, yet still got the Hawks.

This set a pattern for the next 35 years: Israel received huge military and economic support, but made no policy concessions. The US Government developed Israel as its military proxy in the Middle East, however unpopular this made Israel, and the USA. The costs to the region have been enormous: regular wars, the continual repression of the Palestinians, lack of political and economic progress. But this policy finally failed in the Gulf War, when the USA had to keep Israel out of the coalition against Iraq, for fear of wrecking it.